In a message dated 12/21/2006 10:41:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> The winch that is being sold on eBay would work beautifully on raising
tower
sections and antennas. It allows multiturns of rope and the operator can
let it slip to control the rate of "raise". It is really a capstan winch
with the winding barrel in the horizontal orientation. I wish I could
afford it.
Au contraire, it's clearly a conventional winch. A capstan winch has an open
end (the end just sticks out) so you can slew the rope on and off the
capstan easily and the capstan is tapered to prevent the rope from bunching up
and
jamming at one end. The aforementioned winch has neither.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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